Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1887-07-27
The Story Of tho Affair

AS RELATED BY HOME PAPER.
The following from the Phillippsburg
Mail extra of Friday is the home version OF
the affair which TRE MINER has printed IN
substances:
About 1920 O'Clock this morning a crowd
of men armed to the teeth with Winchester
rifles and revolvers of all lengths and sizes,
and disguised with white masks, alternated
with black, and clothed in apparel OF dill
ferent hues, marched four abreast down
this streets of Phillippsburg to the Silver
Lake Hotel. This body OF men was q DE-
tachment of vigilance committee, wblcn
had captured at Hasmark the jumpers OF
the Granite Belle, Louis Demars and
Samuel Tolman, and had escorted them TO
a point below camp, where they were to
await the return of the force sent to town.
The attachment upon arriving at the
Silver Lake Hotel,
FORMED A sEMI-CIRCLE AROUND THE Dooh'
and after clearing the street OF all such be-
lated pedestrians as happened to pass by
and who we're naturally attracted by the
unusual spectacle, the leader detailed three
Of the vipilautes to secure F. l.. Currie, late
Superintendent of the San Francisco and
North Granite syndicates, who was impli-
Gated in recent jumping OF the North Gran
ite property. and who occupied q room on
the second floor After about ten minutes
they reappeared with Mr.. Currie in their
custody. The body of men then
MARCHED ,wN THE STREET,
with drawn revolvers, admonlshlng the
people to keep off the streets. to point in
the neighborhood OF the depot site where
the rest of the party was waiting with the
| other prisoaers. The three men were then
GIVEN to understand that they were to leave
The camp From the numerous confiictlng
accounts it appears that Demars and ioi'
man suffered more or lees violence at tne
hands Of the masked party, q rope ana
much talk of hanging being nroognt INC eso
play. Officer Dolby, getting wlna OF tne
affair, informed Deputy Sheriff George
Hammond, who quickly organized posse
to whom Postmaster Dawson issued hre'
arms of which he happened to have q
supply on hand. By this time, however
the affair was about over, and Demars
Tolman and Currie had already lett town
In the morning. when things had quieeeo
down and
THE v1a1LANTEs HAD DISPERSED
an mvsteriously as they had appeared
Domars and Tolman came back to camI
b,t Currie went down the road. and wal
r seen at Stone Station by parties COMM
/ nm from there this afternoon. Ioima'
g and Dernars have sworn out warrants 10
a number whom they claim to have recoe
nizei among the capturing party. NO on
seems to have been aware last evening 9
what was going to happen during the nieni !
and such was the smoothness with wnic
9 the affair was conducted, that the occu
pants of the
t ROOM ADJOINING cuRRIE's
8 was not awakened during the process
e taking the latter out. Spectators, wne
J. from the sidewalk were witnesses TO Tn
h urimly silent procession as it 6Ied throug
Il she deserted streets, seem to have been 9
n u,nch interested in viewing the spectacle
v and finding out without approaching to
v near lust what was going on, that no car
ie fnl count of the number OF masks wa
Il made. This doubt as to the size OF the cal
n. turing party ia further to be accounted &c
IA from the fact that there were two separa'
and distinct parties who did not come q
aather until we'll below town. where tne1
Vas no prying eyes to count their numoer per
One mai, who claims to have counted ga!
Jig there were forty-five masks, and the unmo
er varies, accor ding to the testimony OF otn
!: -;tnesses. from this to twenty-five.